EP1022623A3 - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

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EP1022623A3
EP1022623A3 EP00101192A EP00101192A EP1022623A3 EP 1022623 A3 EP1022623 A3 EP 1022623A3 EP 00101192 A EP00101192 A EP 00101192A EP 00101192 A EP00101192 A EP 00101192A EP 1022623 A3 EP1022623 A3 EP 1022623A3
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image forming
image
forming apparatus
coil
recording material
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French (fr)
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EP1022623A2 (en
EP1022623B1 (en
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Yasuhiro Hayashi
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/50—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control
    • G03G15/5004—Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/20—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
    • G03G15/2003—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat using heat
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/02—Induction heating
    • H05B6/10—Induction heating apparatus, other than furnaces, for specific applications
    • H05B6/14—Tools, e.g. nozzles, rollers, calenders
    • H05B6/145—Heated rollers

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus which has image forming means for forming an image on a recording material, image fixing means, for fixing the image onto the recording material, having an electric conductor, a coil for inducing an eddy current in the electric conductor, and a power supply for supplying an alternating current to the coil, and electric power adjusting means for adjusting a maximum electric power that the power supply can supply to the coil.
EP00101192A 1999-01-22 2000-01-21 Power regulation for induction-type heat-fixing means depending on consumption of other parts of an image forming apparatus Expired - Lifetime EP1022623B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP11013885A JP2000214709A (en) 1999-01-22 1999-01-22 Image forming device
JP1388599 1999-01-22

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EP1022623A2 EP1022623A2 (en) 2000-07-26
EP1022623A3 true EP1022623A3 (en) 2001-09-05
EP1022623B1 EP1022623B1 (en) 2006-08-23

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EP00101192A Expired - Lifetime EP1022623B1 (en) 1999-01-22 2000-01-21 Power regulation for induction-type heat-fixing means depending on consumption of other parts of an image forming apparatus

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US (1) US6278852B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1022623B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2000214709A (en)
DE (1) DE60030182T2 (en)

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JPH0242455A (en) * 1988-08-02 1990-02-13 Ricoh Co Ltd Method for controlling copying machine or the like
EP0420523A2 (en) * 1989-09-27 1991-04-03 Mita Industrial Co. Ltd. Heater control system
JPH10301442A (en) * 1997-04-23 1998-11-13 Canon Inc Heating device, fixing device and image forming device

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US6278852B1 (en) 2001-08-21
JP2000214709A (en) 2000-08-04

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